Free City Radio

Apr 14 2025 500 ep. 47 mins 40
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Free City Radio explores the intersection of social activism and the arts. The weekly program features interviews on contemporary political currents in Montréal, Canada and around the world, highlighting creative voices involved in struggles for transformative social change. This Free City Radio page also features contemporary music mixes contributed to stations around the world. Free City Radio's 30 minute weekly program is hosted and produced by Stefan Christoff and broadcasts on : CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal - Wednesdays at 11am CJLO 1690 AM in Montreal - Wednesdays 8am CKUW 95.9 FM in Winnipeg - Tuesdays 8am CFRC 101.9FM in Kingston - Wednesdays 11:30am CFUV 101.9 FM in Victoria - Saturdays 7am Met Radio 1280 AM in Toronto - Fridays at 5:30am CKCU 93.1 FM in Ottawa - Tuesdays at 2pm CJSF 90.1 FM in Vancouver - Thursdays at 4:30pm

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262, Damon Davis, a cultural worker in St. Louis

Apr 14 2025 30 mins  
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from St. Louis based cultural worker Damon Davis. I have known Damon since 2016 and it is always a pleasure and very meaningful to catch-up. "Damon is an award-winning post-disciplinary artist who works and resides in St. Louis, Missouri. His work spans across illustration, painting, printmaking, music, film, and public art." The accompa

261 Poppies, Palestine Action Group in Vilnius, Lithuania

Mar 30 2025 30 mins  
On this edition of Free City Radio we go to Lithuania and speak with Monica and Noura who work with a project to build the Palestine solidarity movement in the context of Lithuania. The group in Lithuania is called POPPIES, Palestine Action Group, Vilnius. I wanted to highlight this organizing initiative because we often hear about Palestine solidarity organizing within centres o

260, Yazan Al-Saadi in Beirut on media bias and the dehumanization of Palestinian people

Mar 30 2025 30 mins  
On this edition of Free City Radio we hear from Beirut based writer Yazan Al-Saadi, who offers some important critical context on the systemic biases within western media outlets and how that works to criminalize the Palestinian and Lebanese people who face military violence at the hands of Israeli state military action. Learn more about Yazan's work and comics here: https://www

Beyond All Borderlines, Radio AlHara mix

Mar 27 2025 60 mins  
A mixtape for Radio AlHara that Stefan worked on to celebrate the release with Nour Sokhon. The track listing below highlights first the track name and then the artist name. The accompanying artwork is by Margarita Barros. 01. Circular transmissions - Nour Sokhon + Stefan Christoff 02. A shadow signal - Nour Sokhon + Stefan Christoff 03. Open channels - Nour Sokhon + Stefan Christ

259, Artist Erik Ruin

Mar 25 2025 30 mins  
Listen to a conversation with artist Erik Ruin. In this exchange with the Philadelphia based artist we hear about a number of projects including a series Erik worked on about Palestine titled "10 Plagues of the Occupation." Also we speak about local work that was done with the Coalition to Save the Libraries in Philadelphia. Erik is a member of the Justseeds Artists' Cooperative

Cultural workers for Palestine - Author Amy Abdelnoor

Mar 23 2025 30 mins  
On this edition of Cultural workers for Palestine we feature a conversation with author and Palestinian human rights advocate Amy Abdelnoor. Based in Essex, England, Amy is a long time cultural worker and educator and today contributes regularly to The Electronic Intifada. This is an excerpt from Amy's bio: "While studying English and Arabic at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, she reconne

258, Voices beyond lockdown

Mar 16 2025 30 mins  
This edition of Free City Radio features audio from a Montreal launch for the zine Voices Beyond Lockdown: Collective action and care across borders in a time of crisis, a zine publication of Free City Radio. On the show we hear from community organizers, artists and cultural workers reflecting on the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns in Montreal before any vaccines w

Off the Hour live from the Housing Justice Convergence, March 7, 2025

Mar 14 2025 60 mins  
A live panel discussion at the Housing Justice Convergence (housingjustice.now) that took place on Friday, March 7, moderated by Stefan Christoff of Free City Radio. This panel includes: Alessandra Renzi An educator and researcher on housing justice https://antievictionmontreal.org/en/maps John Clarke A long time community organizer in Toronto, currently working on the 230 FightB

Radio AlHara mix راديو الحارة (March 2025)

Mar 12 2025 60 mins  
This mixtape is a collaboration with two musicians, Dhangsha and Elyze Venne-Deshaies mixtape, I selected the last two tracks. First this is the write-up on the first six tracks. Elyze selected the following five. Dhangsha writes: "Over the past 6 years, I've been working under the moniker of Dhangsha (Bengali for 'destruction'), exploring the connections between bass culture and

Building solidarity across borders, from Bulgaria to Palestine (Live in Sofia), راديو الحارة

Mar 10 2025 60 mins  
Изгражадане на солидарност отвъд границите Building solidarity across borders Среща и разговор със Стефан Христов в автономно читалище коприва. A gathering at коприва (kopriva) space with Stefan Christoff in downtown Sofia Recordings voices from Sofia expressing solidarity with Pal